Help! Just spilled wine on my MacBook Pro

I just had an accident with my new laptop. A whole glasss of wine! on the keyboard! I have left it upside down for a bit and given it a once over with the hair dryer. It looks like all is well but am I living on borrowed time?

I just had an accident with my new laptop. A whole glasss of wine! on the keyboard! I have left it upside down for a bit and given it a once over with the hair dryer. It looks like all is well but am I living on borrowed time?

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Whatever you do, do NOT turn it on. If possible, open it up completly, and let it dry for a week or two.

Not sure about the effects of wine, but all you can really do is wait, and hope.

It was a glass. Only on the keyboard. I have tested all keys and looks ok. I just can't understand why it still works. I decided that there was nothing I could do.. my mac was lost. So I put the battery back in and gave it a shot. It works as usual. But for how long? There must be others who have done the same!

It was a glass. Only on the keyboard. I have tested all keys and looks ok. I just can't understand why it still works. I decided that there was nothing I could do.. my mac was lost. So I put the battery back in and gave it a shot. It works as usual. But for how long? There must be others who have done the same!

It was a glass. Only on the keyboard. I have tested all keys and looks ok. I just can't understand why it still works. I decided that there was nothing I could do.. my mac was lost. So I put the battery back in and gave it a shot. It works as usual. But for how long? There must be others who have done the same!

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You are seriously lucky that you didn't fry the mainboard. For future reference, never, ever turn on a piece of electronics that may still be wet. I would still leave it off and open in the sun for a good few days to let anything that's left in there dry up.

Alcohol is a type of sugar, which (if I am correct, psyc, not chem major here) can be really corrosive to metal.

Personally, I would stop using it and use these instructions to open it up and make sure you didn't unknowingly damage the insides...at the same time, you'll also want to clean the keyboard more thoroughly as you don't want any minerals or acids leftover from the wine to do further damage.

OK.. I tell you all what! I will keep using it as normal. In a few days I will post again. If I dont... im dead. If I do then we can all relax a bit and realise that the people at Apple realy do think of every thing. This must happen all the time. I guess that Apple know that too. I think that my mac would be dead by now... or me!

OK.. I tell you all what! I will keep using it as normal. In a few days I will post again. If I dont... im dead. If I do then we can all relax a bit and realise that the people at Apple realy do think of every thing. This must happen all the time. I guess that Apple know that too. I think that my mac would be dead by now... or me!

Well if I do then we will never know! What ever happens I will let tell you all. I love my mac and usually dont go close if I have liquid in my hand. If this dies I will regret it.. if not then all the better (not that I will make a habbit of it!)

OK.. I tell you all what! I will keep using it as normal. In a few days I will post again. If I dont... im dead. If I do then we can all relax a bit and realise that the people at Apple realy do think of every thing. This must happen all the time. I guess that Apple know that too. I think that my mac would be dead by now... or me!

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Didn't they tell you in school that electricity and liquid do not mix, all you need is for the power supply to get wet and its all over.

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